Geriatric proximal humerus fracture operative management: a Truven Health Analytics database study (2015-2020)

• Published in: Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 715 - 721
• Main Authors: Klahs, Kyle J., Hagen, Matthew, Scanaliato, John, Hettrich, Carolyn, Fitzpatrick, Kelly V., Parnes, Nata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Aged; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Shoulder; Cohort Studies; Fracture Fixation, Internal; Hemiarthroplasty; Humans; Humeral Fractures - surgery; Humerus - surgery; Medicare; open reduction internal fixation; proximal humerus fracture; Retrospective Studies; reverse total shoulder arthroplasty; Shoulder - surgery; shoulder arthroplasty; Shoulder Fractures - surgery; Treatment Outcome; Truven; United States - epidemiology; United States; Level IV; Descriptive Epidemiology Study; open reduction internal fixation; reverse total shoulder arthroplasty; Large Database Analysis; proximal humerus fracture; shoulder arthroplasty; Truven; hemiarthroplasty

The purpose of this study is to assess the trends in operative management of geriatric (≥65 years) proximal humerus fractures during a 6-year period (2015-2020) within an insurance claims database. This retrospective database cohort study used data gathered from the 2015-2020 IBM Truven MarketScan C...